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minus-square@surewhynotlemlink1•11 months agoBut until I die, it matters. Because that is all any of us have, the time until death. But if death is imminent, and you stick a finger in my butt, who will know or care but you?
minus-square@hperrinlink1•11 months agoJust because someone’s death is imminent doesn’t mean we should torture them, or else why bother keeping this society going? Any society that treats its terminal members that way is certainly not a society worth keeping around.
minus-square@surewhynotlemlink2•11 months agoIf you care that much, maybe we should just not kill them. Seems weird to care how they die, but not that they die.
But until I die, it matters. Because that is all any of us have, the time until death.
But if death is imminent, and you stick a finger in my butt, who will know or care but you?
Just because someone’s death is imminent doesn’t mean we should torture them, or else why bother keeping this society going? Any society that treats its terminal members that way is certainly not a society worth keeping around.
If you care that much, maybe we should just not kill them. Seems weird to care how they die, but not that they die.
Correct, we should not kill them.